Taxonavigation

Familia: Blattidae
Subfamilia: Polyzosteriinae
Genus: Maoriblatta
Species (5): M. albipalpis – M. laevipennis – M. novaeseelandiae – M. rufoterminata – M. sublobata
[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1), minus (1) M. brunni; plus (1) M. albipalpis]

Name

• Maoriblatta Princis, 1966
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Polyzosteria novaeseelandiae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
    • Fixation: original designation [see p. 57]
  • NOTE: Platyzosteria brunni was also originally included. Polyzosteria sedilloti was originally included with doubt.

Primary references

• Princis, K. 1966: Kleine Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Blattarien und ihrer Verbreitung. IX. Opuscula entomologica 31(1-2): 43-60. Reference page. 

References

• Mackerras, M.J. 1967: Australian Blattidae (Blattodea) VII. The Platyzosteria group; general remarks and revision of the subgenera Platyzosteria Brunner and Leptozosteria Tepper. Australian journal of zoology 15(6): 1207–1298. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9671207 . Reference page. 

• Mackerras, M.J. 1968: Australian Blattidae (Blattodea) VIII. The Platyzosteria group; subgenus Melanozosteria Stål. Australian journal of zoology 16(2): 237–331. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9680237 . Reference page. 

• Princis, K. 1974: Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Neukaledonien-Expedition 1965 Blattariae — Schaben. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 78: 513-521. PDF Reference page.